Parking at police scenes.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 8-118
in effectSec. 8-118. - Parking at police scenes.
Whenever a person operating an auto wrecker or other vehicle arrives at a police scene, the driver shall park his vehicle as close to the street curb as possible and in such a manner as not to interfere with traffic. He shall not park his vehicle within a distance of 100 feet from a wrecked or stalled vehicle. It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the vehicle is operated by a law enforcement officer or is parked as directed by a law enforcement officer at the scene. No wrecker driver shall stop or park or allow his auto wrecker to remain stopped or parked at a police scene if the number of auto wreckers already present at the scene equals the number of wrecked or stalled vehicles; provided, that no more than two additional auto wreckers may remain at a police scene when no law enforcement officer is present. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution that a law enforcement officer was present and in control of the police scene at the time that the wrecker driver arrived and had called the wrecker driver to the police scene or had asked the wrecker driver to cause his auto wrecker to remain at the scene.
(Ord. No. 04-497, § 3, 5-26-04; Ord. No. 05-1271, § 4, 9-22-05; Ord. No. 2011-1012, § 5, 11-30-2011, eff. 1-1-2012)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH8AUDEAUWR_ARTIIIAUWRSTYA_DIV2AUWR_SDAOPRURETOAG_S8-118PAPOSCFetched: 10/26/2026